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COVID-19 Policy: Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Boosters are not required. Click here for instructions. Masks are strongly recommended in inside classrooms. Masks are always welcome. There are HEPA air purifiers in all four of our main classrooms at The Social Chico. If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or any other communicable illnesses, such as a cold or the flu, please stay home.

 
  • 108-Form Tai Chi: Beginning
  • Instructor: Lenora Wong
    Dates: 2/7/2023 - 4/21/2023
    Days: Tu F
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Sessions: 19
    Location: Center for Spiritual Living
    Room:
    Fee: Included
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    This class meets twice a week.

    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • 108-Form Tai Chi: Intermediate
  • Instructor: Lenora Wong
    Dates: 2/7/2023 - 4/21/2023
    Days: Tu F
    Times: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Sessions: 19
    Location: Center for Spiritual Living
    Room:
    Fee: Included
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    This class meets twice a week.

    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • 24-Form Tai Chi
  • Instructor: Mike McCluskey, Mary McCluskey
    Dates: 2/6/2023 - 4/20/2023
    Days: M Th
    Times: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
    Sessions: 20
    Location: Chico Creek Dance
    Room: Studio B
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
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  • Age Well, Drive Smart: Section 3
  • Instructor: Midge Vandervelden, Frank Valdepena
    Dates: 4/17/2023 - 4/17/2023
    Days: M
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 1
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 1
    Fee: Included
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    Please register for only one section.



    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Armchair Traveler: Here We Go Again! In-Person
  • Instructor: Sue Monroe
    Dates: 2/7/2023 - 4/18/2023
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 2
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Arts & Eats
  • Instructor: Maureen Fredrickson, Bill Houck
    Dates: 3/3/2023 - 4/21/2023
    Days: F
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Location: Other
    Room: Various Locations
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
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  • Aviation History: Back to the Pacific
  • Instructor: Gary Hendrickson
    Dates: 2/9/2023 - 4/20/2023
    Days: Th
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 1
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Beginning Guitar: Level 2
  • Instructor: Phil Elkins
    Dates: 2/13/2023 - 4/10/2023
    Days: M
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 5
    Location: The Terraces
    Room: Lobby
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
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  • Beginning Spanish
  • Instructor: Memo Keswick
    Dates: 2/10/2023 - 4/21/2023
    Days: F
    Times: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 9
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 2
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
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    The book is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers.

 

  • Brain Development, Trauma, and Your Mindset
  • Instructor: Joni Samples
    Dates: 3/21/2023 - 4/18/2023
    Days: Tu
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    Sessions: 5
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 1
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

 

  • Contacting the Mystic Within
  • Instructor: Terry Hunt
    Dates: 2/10/2023 - 4/21/2023
    Days: F
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 9
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 1
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Cracker Barrel: In-Person
  • Instructor: David Price
    Dates: 2/6/2023 - 4/17/2023
    Days: M
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 2
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Discover Oroville's Museum Mile
  • Instructor: Heather McCafferty (she/her)
    Dates: 3/25/2023 - 4/22/2023
    Days: Sa
    Times: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Other
    Room: Various Locations
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
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    There is a $4 entry fee for each of the museums, which must be paid in cash, except for the Feather River Nature Center & Native Plant Park. The schedule of museums will be emailed to registered participants.

 

  • Exploring Mixed Media Collage
  • Instructor: Debbie Vermette
    Dates: 3/20/2023 - 4/17/2023
    Days: M
    Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Sessions: 5
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 1
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
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  • Fitness for Lifetime Mobility
  • Instructor: Paul Coots, James Salber
    Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023
    Days: W
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 2
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
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  • Great Decisions: In-Person
  • Instructor: William Tefteller, David Price, Myron Flindt
    Dates: 2/9/2023 - 4/20/2023
    Days: Th
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 2
    Fee: Included
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    The Foreign Policy Association publishes a study guide each year, available for $35 plus shipping at www.fpa.org. The study guide is not required for the class.

    Great Decisions Spring 2023 Topic Schedule


    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.

 

  • John Locke: Our First Founding Father
  • Instructor: Charles Copeland
    Dates: 2/9/2023 - 4/20/2023
    Days: Th
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 1
    Fee: Included
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    The required book, The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke, published by Dover Thrift Editions, is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers.

    Preliminary Syllabus




    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Leader to Elder: Reflections on Life Change
  • Instructor: Janet Rechtman
    Dates: 4/10/2023 - 4/10/2023
    Days: M
    Times: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 2
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Music and Musicians
  • Instructor: Walter Coffey
    Dates: 2/10/2023 - 5/5/2023
    Days: F
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 2
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Names: The History of Human Speech and How Language Forms Us
  • Instructor: Robin Dizard (she/her)
    Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023
    Days: W
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 1
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • National Security and the US Intelligence Community
  • Instructor: Terry Wilson
    Dates: 2/7/2023 - 4/25/2023
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 1
    Fee: Included
     Show Description

    List of class topics


    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Nonprofit Board Governance
  • Instructor: Janet Rechtman
    Dates: 3/20/2023 - 4/3/2023
    Days: M
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 3
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 1
    Fee: Included
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    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Poetry for Pleasure
  • Instructor: Paul Belz
    Dates: 2/10/2023 - 4/21/2023
    Days: F
    Times: 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 1
    Fee: Included
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    This class meets February 10, 24, March 10, 24, and April 7, 21.

    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Sing Gospel Music
  • Instructor: Phil Elkins
    Dates: 2/6/2023 - 4/17/2023
    Days: M
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Location: The Terraces
    Room: Lobby
    Fee: Included
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    This class will meet on the first and third Monday of each month.

    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

 

  • The Repair Shop
  • Instructor: Walter Coffey
    Dates: 2/10/2023 - 5/5/2023
    Days: F
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 2
    Fee: Included
     Show Description




    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Tuesday Tunes: In-Person
  • Instructor: Bitz Haley
    Dates: 2/7/2023 - 4/25/2023
    Days: Tu
    Times: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Location: Haley's Martial Arts Center
    Room:
    Fee: Included
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    This class meets February 7, 21, March 7, 21, and April 11, 25.

    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Wisdom for Living in The Now: Section 1
  • Instructor: Gayle Womack
    Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023
    Days: W
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 2
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
     Show Description

    Please register for only one section.

 

  • Wisdom for Living in The Now: Section 2
  • Instructor: Gayle Womack
    Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023
    Days: W
    Times: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Gordon 2
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
     Show Description

    Please register for only one section.

 

  • World Dance
  • Instructor: Memo Keswick
    Dates: 3/3/2023 - 4/21/2023
    Days: F
    Times: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Location: Chico Creek Dance
    Room: Studio B
    Fee: Included
     Show Description




    Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
 

  • Writer's Workshop
  • Instructor: Paul Belz
    Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023
    Days: W
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 10
    Location: The Social Chico
    Room: Bradley 1
    Fee: Included
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
     Show Description